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<h1 class="topictitle1">Performing Periodic Backup</h1>
<div><p>After resources to be protected are associated with an SLA, the system protects the resources based on the SLA. </p>
<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Procedure</h4><ol><li><span>Choose <span class="uicontrol" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001845123537__en-us_topic_0000001839142377_uicontrol34250519116"><b><span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001845123537__en-us_topic_0000001839142377_text154255511911"><strong>Protection</strong></span> &gt; File Systems &gt; Volume</b></span>.</span></li><li><span>Select the volume to be protected and click <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>Protect</strong></span></b></span>.</span><p><p>You can also select multiple volumes for batch protection.</p>
</p></li><li><span>Select an SLA. </span><p><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001845123537__en-us_topic_0000001607841256_p33248794210">You can also click <span class="uicontrol" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001845123537__en-us_topic_0000001607841256_uicontrol197631711131711"><b><span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001845123537__en-us_topic_0000001607841256_text16757131110174"><strong>Create</strong></span></b></span> to create an SLA.</p>
</p></li><li><span>Configure advanced parameters for volume protection.</span><p><div class="p"><a href="#EN-US_TOPIC_0000001845123537__table354613271506">Table 1</a> describes the related parameters.
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="77.89%" headers="mcps1.3.2.2.4.2.1.2.2.3.1.2 "><p>This function is disabled by default. After this function is enabled, both the selected volumes and system volumes are backed up, and the following information is collected: quantity of disk drives, volume information, file system information, and network information.</p>
<div class="note"><span class="notetitle"> NOTE: </span><div class="notebody"><p>After OS backup is enabled, the <strong>/boot</strong> directory is backed up regardless of whether the volume where the <strong>/boot</strong> directory is located is selected.</p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="77.89%" headers="mcps1.3.2.2.4.2.1.2.2.3.1.2 "><div class="p">You can execute custom scripts of the sh type based on your needs before a backup job is executed, or after the backup job is successfully or fails to be executed. If the script is stored in the <strong>DataBackup/ProtectClient/ProtectClient-E/sbin/thirdparty</strong> directory, you only need to enter the script name. If the script is stored in another directory, you need to enter the absolute path of the script.<div class="note" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001845123537__note64007332505"><span class="notetitle"> NOTE: </span><div class="notebody"><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001845123537__en-us_topic_0000001792402656_en-us_topic_0000001264099602_p196461512103113">If <span class="uicontrol" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001845123537__en-us_topic_0000001792402656_en-us_topic_0000001264099602_uicontrol180112781919"><b><span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001845123537__en-us_topic_0000001792402656_en-us_topic_0000001264099602_text10711756153116"><strong>Script to Run upon Restoration Success</strong></span></b></span> is configured, the status of the restoration job is displayed as <span class="uicontrol" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001845123537__en-us_topic_0000001792402656_en-us_topic_0000001264099602_uicontrol488919204209"><b><span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001845123537__en-us_topic_0000001792402656_en-us_topic_0000001264099602_text186291135132417"><strong>Succeeded</strong></span></b></span> on the <span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001845123537__en-us_topic_0000001792402656_text712055613536">OceanProtect</span> even if the script fails to be executed. Check whether the job details contain a message indicating that the post-processing script fails to be executed. If yes, modify the script in a timely manner. </p>
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</p></li><li><span>Click <span class="uicontrol" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001845123537__en-us_topic_0000001607841256_uicontrol196538515235"><b>OK</b></span>. </span><p><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001845123537__en-us_topic_0000001607841256_p25041111535">If the current system time is later than the first backup start time of the SLA, you can select to perform backup immediately after the backup SLA is associated or wait for the next scheduling based on the backup policy set in the SLA.</p>
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